Marker



y R. C. PALMER.

MARKER.

APPLICATION FILED 050.10. 1918.

1,310,369. Patented JuIy15,1919.

Witn 6.5565

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROY C. PALMER, 0F NEVADA, MISSOURI.

MARKER.

Application filed December 10, 1918.

label is displayed, and also having means to efectually protect the card or label from the weather.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved grave marker.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

My improved marker comprises a stake l, the lower end of which is adapted to be driven into the ground and a casing 2 at the upper end of the stake to contain and display an identifying card, label or the like 3. The casingI comprises a front 4, which is preferably made of suitable sheet metal and which is here shown as having straight upper and lower horizontal edges 5 and downwardly converging ends 7. The upper-and lower edges 5 of the front are bent reversely on the rear side of the front, and one end of the front is also provided with a rearwardly bent edge 6 which is united, at two of the corners of the front, to the edges 5 and is preferably soldered or otherwise secured thereto. At the opposite end of the front is an integral tab 7 which can be bent over the back of the front. The front has a centrally arranged display opening 8 and a glass pane 9 to cover said opening. Said glass pane is arranged in the rear side of the front and in a recess l0 which is formed by a struckup or offset forwardly projecting portion 11 with which the front is provided and which extends around said opening.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 15, 1919.

Serial No. 266,113.

The-back 12 of the casing or card holder is also made of sheet metal, corresponds in shape with the front and is a size adapting it to slide in the grooves formed by the rearwardly bent edges 5, 6 of the front, as will be understood. The back also has a forwardly embossed or stamped central portion 13 which is adapted to enter the recess in j the rear side of the front and on which boss the identifying card or label is pasted, so that said card or label is held firmly and directly against the rear side of the glass pane and said glass pane is also rmly held in place. When the card or label has thus been arranged and the front has been thus arranged in place on the back, the front is firmly locked to the back and cannot become casually detached therefrom.

Owing to the construction of the front with the chambered card displaying offset and the construction of the back with the embossed card holding portion and owing to the construction of the front with the turn back edges whichengage around the sides of the back, the card is securely and effectually protected from the weather and cannot be injured by rain.

While I have herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of my invention, I would haveit understood that changes may be made in the form, proportion and c0nstruction of the several parts without departing from the spirit of my invention and within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

In a marker of the class described, a casing comprising a metallic sheet having its upper, lower and one side edge bent rearwardly and connected together to define grooves, said sheet having an enlarged central display opening and, an outstruck portion surrounding said opening, a plate of similar contour as that of the sheet slidably fitted in said grooves from the remaining side of the sheet, and a bendable tongue carried by the latter mentioned side edge of the sheet and adapted to be arranged against the rear of said plate.

In testimony whereof I aiX my signature.

ROY C.. PALMER.

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. Washington, D. G. 

